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State Retirement Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners were in receipt of a full old State Pension on 12 May 2025.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
12 May 2025
Target answer date
14 May 2025
Answer
20 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 12 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners were in receipt of a full old State Pension on 12 May 2025.

  2. 14 May 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 20 May 2025

    Answer published

    The pre-2016 State Pension system for those who reached State Pension age before 6 April 2016 consisted of a basic State Pension, an earnings-related additional State Pension and Graduated Retirement Benefit. (If people were contracted out of the addition...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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